Saying your name in a professional setting and not being able to. Thinking about it constantly. Avoiding conferences and the start of training sessions. Trying to get through every day with constant mini panic attacks. Trying new techniques, breathing, ordering online, ordering food in a different name so you don’t have to say your own, texting people who don’t have your number in their phone and letting them know who you are and if it’s ok to call them so they already know who you are when they answer and you don’t have to say your name, using PowerPoint presentations so everyone looks at the screen and not you if you have to present something to a group. It’s an everyday struggle and I can understand why people get avoidant personality disorder